Affiliations/Coalitions State & National Committees • • • • •
AFL-CIO/State/AFL-CIO Central Labor Bodies CT Citizen Action Group ULA – United Labor Agency ConnectiCOSH (Occupational Safety &
• International Labor Communications Association
• State of CT Treas. Investment •
Health)
Advisory Council Northeast Action Program Center for Educational Change Promoting Enduring Peace
• • Universal Healthcare Foundation • Coalition to End Child Poverty in CT • CAPE – Citizens Alliance for Public Education • CCPE – CT Coalition for Public • State of Connecticut (representation Education
on many issue-oriented ad-hoc legislative and agency committees)
• ARA – Alliance for Retired Americans CLUW – CT Labor Union Women
• • CEO – Citizens for Economic Opportunity CT Human Service Coalition
• • Campaign for Economic Security & • • • • • • • • • •
To End Poverty SEBAC – State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition Pride At Work Children’s Law Center of CT
• Health Care 4 All Coalition • AFT Councils: PreK-12, PSRP, Health • • • •
Care, Public Employees, Higher Education, AD-HOC Committees NOW – National Organization for Women CT Women's Education and Legal Fund LCLAA – Labor Council for Latin American Advancement CT Housing Coalition
One Connecticut Connecticut Nurses Association CT Center for a New Economy CT Alliance for Basic Human Needs CT Indoor Air Quality Team AFT CT/CEA Joint Council Permanent Commission on the Status of Women AFT Communications Association
• • CT Voices for Children
“It’s hard to balance what I do in my daily life with union work, but I can’t imagine doing anything else. It’s one of the most rewarding things in my life. CHRISTINE JUDD University Health Professionals, Local 3837
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Mary Yordon - Teachers Shellye Davis - Paraprofessionals &
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more than twenty individuals in
AFT Connecticut seeks to
Jan Hochadel - President
Higher Education Paraprofessionals & School-Related Personnel Nurses & Health Professionals Public Employees
Vice Presidents Mike Barry
Deb Kern
Dave Cicarella
Tom Kuroski
John DiSette
Kristen Malloy-Scanlon
Bill Garrity
Steve McKeever
Sal Escobales
Ally Sexton
Joshua Hall
Janice Stauffer
Ivonne Hamm
Mary Symkowicz
Heather Howlett
Krista Vermeal
Christine Jean-Louis
Mike White
Andrea Johnson
Mary Yordon
Stephanie Johnson If you would like additional information please contact our office at 860-257-9782. You may also find answers online at www.aftct.org.